LibriVox recording of The House by the Lock, by Mrs. C.N. Williamson. Read by Roger Melin.

What secrets lay within the walls of the house by the lock? What secrets, if any, are held by the man who owns that mysterious house?

A body is found in a backwater creek not far from the house by the lock, but what leads Noel Stanton on a quest to determine who the killer might be is more than merely the disappearance of his American friend Harvey Farnham. He has reason to believe that the wealthy and influential owner of the house, Carson Wildred, might somehow be implicated in the coincidental disappearance and murder. But as Stanton's search progresses, he learns that his friend is safe and sound back in the U.S. and he therefore must learn more about the house itself with its peculiar construction, it's hidden passageways, and the peculiar smoke occasionally seen rising from its inaccessible areas. But everything is accounted for by the police, the servants, and Mr. Wildred during his investigation, leaving a most strange mystery left for Stanton to unravel. (Introduction by Roger Melin)

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Alice Muriel Williamson
Date: 2011-01-09
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; adventure; fiction; horror/ghost stories; mystery

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Reviewer: mikezane - - February 7, 2011
Subject: Good mystery, I liked it.
Noel Stanton meets a lovely lady who he feels bound to but who is engaged to someone else. He decides that he will content himself with being her friend, but then a dismembered body appears in the lake by the house of her fiance. Worse, it appears that his friend Carson has disappeared.

Noel is told that his friend has arrived safely in America, but something in the story just doesn't pass muster. This leads Noel to America to investigate the situation personally, and in the hopes of saving his beloved lady.

Roger Melin is an excellent reader. The story gets a bit tedious here and there, but over all is a great story and kept me listening. Enjoy!